On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 11:45 -0700, Chris Lang wrote: > Does anyone have a link to the original patent? I want to see the > documentation and run it past my lawyer before I make any decisions or > comment on this. And really in my mind, that is the only one that > matters, what my contract lawyer advises me to do. So my advice is do > the same, seek legal advice on legal matters from a lawyer. Cheap > too.... ---- Asking a business lawyer about patents is like going to the dentist for a heart valve replacement. A good patent lawyer will never come cheap. If you find a patent lawyer earning less than $300 per hour you should keep looking. The really good patent lawyers start at $400 per hour.
A company such as Lodsys will factor the legal costs that a company can expect to pay in order to fight it and price their licensing fees accordingly. Their licensing fees were purposely set low to Apple and Google because those companies pay patent lawyers already so there's no incentive for Lodsys to get into a protracted legal battle that might invalidate their patent. After they took the big players out of the game and they then targeted thousands of developers to get some money from each of them. Even if they only take a few thousand dollars from each licensee, with enough targets out there, it begins to look like a lot of money. US patent law sucks - especially when it comes to software patents. Craig -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
